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Keep
Lanarkshire Smiling
March 2011
ISSN 2041-8663 (Print)
ISSN 2041-8671 (Online)
Official
Opening of
Buchanan
Centre
The dental outreach facility was the jewel in the crown when the new
Buchanan Centre was officially opened in December 2010.
Guests given a tour of the £18 million state-of-the-art facility in Coatbridge
were clearly impressed as it is one of Scotland’s largest. This new outreach
facility not only provides specialist dental care to local people but also
gives final year dental students and dental hygiene/therapy students the
chance to get frontline experience under expert supervision.
Mike Devine, NHS Lanarkshire’s Director of Community and Salaried
Primary Care Dental Services, said: “The Buchanan Centre has proved to
be a huge success among both patients and staff. The public are clearly
enjoying visiting the new centre and the staff from both NHS Lanarkshire
and North Lanarkshire Council are enjoying working with each other.
“The building has also firmly established itself as part of the local landscape
as there are not many local people who don’t know where the Buchanan
Centre is and what it does.”
As well as the outreach facility, the four-storey, 8000 square metre building
houses a First Stop Shop, library,
registration office, a purpose
built ceremonies suite, two
general dental practices, two
GP surgeries and a range of
community health services.
It is expected to see one million
visitors each year.
NHS
Inform
NHS Inform is a new health
information service designed
to give the public access to the
information they need, when
they need it. It is available both
online and over the telephone.
NHS Inform can answer
questions like: where to find
a NHS dentist, how to join a
stop-smoking group, or what
vaccinations are required etc.
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Decontamination - frequently asked questions
A new web page has been recently added to the Scottish Dental website to provide answers to
frequently asked questions regarding decontamination. The answers have been provided by the Dental
Decontamination Sub Group, which was established to look at specific issues faced by GDPs and is chaired
by the Chief Dental Officer. The following is the link to the web page:
www.scottishdental.org/?o=2814

Domiciliary
Dental
Care: Needs
Assessment
Report
In October 2010 the Dementia
Services Development Centre,
Stirling was the venue for the
launch of the SDNAP needs
assessment report into Domiciliary
Dental Care across Scotland. The
working group was chaired by
Maura Edwards, Consultant in
Dental Public Health for Ayrshire &
Arran, and included representatives
from the dental world along with
those working with the elderly. The
report looked at the historical and
current provision of domiciliary
dental care, identified gaps and
difficulties with service provision
and then went on to make
recommendations for the future
based on best practice.
The recommendations covered 6
broad headings:
1. Prevention
2. Service provision
3. Finance
4. Information Needs
5. Training
6. General recommendations
Dental Poster
for Addiction
Services
In a drive to improve access
to dental care for clients of the
Addiction Services, posters
highlighting the pathway to
dental services will be displayed
in pharmacies which provide
supervised dispensing of
methadone. These posters are
also given to frontline drug
workers during oral health
training to enable them to
advise clients.
SDCEP online manual for
the dental team
Running a primary care dental practice is a challenging task and requires
keeping up to date with relevant legislations and professional regulations,
together with coordinating several diverse activities. The Scottish Dental
Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) has recently developed a
Practical Support Manual (PSM) as an online resource for the whole dental
team. The following is a link to the PSM website which is freely available to
the dental profession in Scotland:
www.psm.sdcep.org.uk
A healthy mouth is important for
general health and wellbeing.
Everyone should be registered with
a dentist and attend every 6 months.
How to access Dental care
If you are registered with a dentist:
• During working hours: Contact own dentist
• Out of Hours: Contact own dentist and
follow instructions on
answering machine
If you are not registered with a dentist:
• Need help to do this? •
• Telephone the NHS Lanarkshire General Enquiry Line
for advice on registering with a dentist •
08453 130 130
Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm;
Friday, 9.00am - 4.30pm
For further help and advice out of hours:
• Call the Lanarkshire Emergency Dental Service •
08454 24 24 24
Monday - Friday, 6.00pm - 8.00am;
Weekends and Public Holidays
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Scottish Dental
Needs Assessment Programme
(SDNAP)
SDNAP Scottish Dental Needs Assessment Programme Domiciliary Dental Care Needs Assessment Report October 2010
Domiciliary Dental Care
Needs Assessment Report
October 2010
The full document can be
accessed via:
www.scottishdental.org/
index.aspx?o=3064

NDIP 2010 result makes fantastic
news for Lanarkshire
The overall dental health of primary one (P1)
pupils has reached the highest levels ever recorded
in Scotland. The full report published at the
end of 2010 by the National Dental Inspection
Programme (NDIP) showed that 12 out of the
14 NHS Boards have reached the target of 60%
of P1 pupils showing no signs of obvious decay
experience in the primary teeth by 2010.
The fantastic news is that 60.8% of P1 children
30
in Lanarkshire were caries free. Therefore NHS
20
Lanarkshire has achieved the Dental Health Action
10
Plan Target of 60% P1 children with no obvious
0
decay experience by 2010. That figure was 47.4% in
2004, which means in only six years Lanarkshire has
improved by 13.4%. What an amazing achievement in a region where
there are still many pockets of deprivation.
% with no obvious decay experience
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
Figure 1: Proportion of P1 children in Scotland with no obvious decay experience in 2010
National target for
P1 children by 2010
77.2 73.2 71.9 68.6 68.5 65.8 65.0 64.8 64.0 63.7 62.7 60.8 59.7 58.2 56.3
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Wrapping Dental
Instruments
The Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) has recently issued the
following advice statement regarding wrapping dental instruments:
Advice:
NDIP has recently been given a
new website:
www.ndip.scottishdental.org
Despite the existence of several best practice guidance
documents, SHTG has determined that there is as yet
insufficient evidence from research to support the
proposed change from current practice to wrap dental
instruments after sterilisation and prior to use. There
is no evidence of added benefit to change current
practice within NHSScotland. This statement will be
reviewed in 12 months’ time.
Harry and
Molly’s
Adventures
Harry and Molly’s Adventures
is a new resource being
developed to help primary
teachers in North and South
Lanarkshire deliver oral
health messages through the
Curriculum for Excellence.
The resource accompanies
the three DVDs previously
developed by the Oral Health
Education Team. These are:
Harry at the Zoo, Harry’s
Holiday and Molly and the
Magic Lunchbox.
Harry and Molly’s Adventures
Active learning materials to support oral health films at the Early and First Level
More information is available on:
www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/files/
Wrappingdentalinstruments_AdviceStatement_NOV10.pdf
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Interview
with
Stephanie
Campbell
Stephanie Campbell has been
working as a health promotion
officer responsible for the HMP
Shotts oral health improvement
project since June 2008.
Q What is it like to work in a prison
environment?
A
The prison is a very safe
environment and staff receive
training on how to cope with
security and psychological
incidents. There are cameras
everywhere as well as staff
alarms. The keys I carry are
tagged so that my movements
are tracked. In general,
prisoners are respectful
towards me.
Q What challenges have you faced
so far in this project?
A
One particular challenge was
to engage with prison staff
and work towards common
goals. It was a steep learning
curve to work in a new
environment. However, I
found the prisoners to be
very receptive and keen to
be involved as there are
positive changes for them.
Another challenge was
learning the language they
use inside the prison.
Nutrition
and Oral
Health Pack
The Nutrition and Oral Health -
Strategy into Practice in the Early
Years resource has been updated in
2010 and distributed to all early years’
establishments in Lanarkshire. The
resource is currently being distributed to other childcare providers
such as childminders, foster carers and play-leaders. It accompanies
a training programme on nutrition and oral health.
Q What would you like to achieve
by the end of the project?
A
I would hope prisoners,
their families and prison staff
have a better understanding
of the importance of good
oral health which could be
reported in their behaviours.
I also hope to gather enough
evidence to support similar
projects for the future.
Q What has this project taught
you about yourself?
A
In order to succeed, you need
thick skin and patience.
News Extra
Consultant Orthodontist
David Lonnen retired
from NHS Lanarkshire in
February 2011.
Consultant Orthodontist
Ross Jones is now based at
Hairmyres Hospital.
Following the restructuring
of the Clinical Governance
Department, the new
dental audit contact is Stacey
Rooney, Clinical Quality
Team Manager, Wishaw
General Hospital, Tel: 01698
366526; stacey.rooney@
lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Thanks to Bill White
for his contributions to
Dental Audit during the
past nine years.
Editor:
Editorial Board:
Contact Address:
Albert Yeung, Consultant in Dental Public Health
Eddie Docherty, Communcations Officer
Gillian Forsyth, Administration Manager, Primary Care
Ross Jones, Consultant Orthodontist
Catherine Keachie, Medical Secretary (Public Health)
Anne Moore, Deputy Director, Salaried Primary Care Dental Services
Jason Munro, North Lanarkshire Community Health Partnership GDP Representative
Lanarkshire NHS Board, 14 Beckford Street, Hamilton ML3 0TA
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